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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-08

girls We must exert ourselves to please
them. Give them busks at home, and they
will seek the wheat elsewhere
To This speech Mr. Hunter repIiesl I'm curt,
but deri.ivs wor,ls. lie guessed he was the
master u his own children, and, as to hav-
ing his house hlIed with company fron
morning ill night, be would not. II vas
out of the question. He conIln't afforsl IL.
Gas was expensive, ami tine wear and tear
of carpets and furniture was some thing to
be thought o.
But after EoIl0wf ng Rosa Belle about from
corner q corner a few evenings, and break
ing up few private interviews with young
TomIinson, after listening u Arthur's boy
ish bets over a game Of billiards, and break
ing mp Kafhie's intimacy with the girls en-
pEoyed as cash In Blind az Co.'s. store, be-
gave in, and quietly put ALI responsibility
on his wife.
Though young in years, Orphies was a
wise little woman. Never As much a. I
told you so passed. her lips Calmly ae-
cepting the burden. she carried it along as
she hah intended % 10 when Fate gave her
Hector Hunter for a husband. And the
man whom all the village had feareri ON ae-
count 81 his crzBbesEness said never word.
Books, papers, music and paintings found
tIlefr way IN his home. His house. wls always
Open - the young, the ODD always wele0ms
o. the warmesr place bs$ide his hearth
When Rs=a B~iIr's enGagrmeus with
young T0mlinson berrme pubEie, ansI poo
pie e0ngrzruiarszi him on hts enrsrprising
s0u-iIl-IaE. be smiled quierly- When Ar
fhur came home from college I0aslesf with
houors. he bIushesI with prisIe and when
Karhie receivesI her diploma, and wzs pgg-
nOuneesI capable q taking a high rznx as
public seh00I rsacEer, he hHE-rsi himself
with satisfaction
TlouSil always rla0u1iIrfiIl and ea8nsiaIer.lre
% hi- young wifs, he vas never known 20
1-<n0Wls4Ise her superiority BY EonI ~
m0urh Mau-IIICe. he refused - .ivs hsr
her due. 1nsI the only praise shs ever rsseiv-
esI GJr her u3H AMI care vas frum 1se Lips 0f
her s0u Arthur fIe day he was aaImirssf tD
the bar
= r-EI y8u- T8miinsan. he saiEi rg cIlzr Iu-
-e-est.zf brurher-iu-IaE- an am 0svs %
my pIIcxy IfErIs srrp-marher- ~ Elsher
Drrsbably meant well. Bur sheHId never
have rs-lshssf ne pIzee 7 seeupT u9->lzE Z
h hufn'r met hfs u.Ireh-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-08

NOrhi1E = m1re hnngrzhge sAam I'D h@wa
co1rzge enoE-h s1 sxerMne rhs eamHzmMmli@
or reason and cnmscS@mr@- TF we mmimnmim
the diszui-T Ct Cur nHrzrs and rhs srzrfDm MB-
sizneE us. we w LII De Prs1f azzfnlsr p@F@rrT
or pain, and able % sand 1fvsrzirT unlher
All shzpes with dsesnrT zzd ress1zrinz-
Such me1 never assume = cswzrIIr and
servile h1mor, that would disguise their in-
ward feeling under m rfzur. A Eem@rwmM
heart never bellies irs gwR thsuEMrz. bwr
shows all that u good and manly linn itself
There Is nothing more Eke IN h0nesr mam
than n rOgue, whose best 0ur<ir il hypocrisy.
He delights in the most sublime spscula-
tons, as is costs nothing % have them MAG
nidcent and il both the archer and the mark
always aiming nc his own praise ar pr0fr.
A writer gives this device Always Judge
your fellow passengers tine opposite 0f what
they strive % appear" A military man is
not quarrelsome, for no one doubts his
courage a clergyman Is not straightlaeed,
Cor his pteey is not questioned n woman
that il all smiles and, graces may be N vixen
at heart, and the stranger who il obsequious
and over civil without apparant caase, is
generally treaeherous-
An open foe may prove a curse.
But pretended friend . worse
Hypocrisy is the home that vice pays 20
virtue. Il often wears the livery OF To-
ligion, and is cautious Of giving scandal.
1t has been remarked wherever God c.
rects u house Of prayer, the Devil always
builds chapel there, . and the examination
often finds him with N large congregation
When any good thing arises, there comes
up an ugly earrieature Of it, sliding up A.
gainst reality-under mimicking its wis
dom or overacting its folly, and with half
the world all this passes for genuine.
- what may man with m him hide
Though angel ON EhH out ward side"
Many people live ironical lives, and by
their histrionic efforts, succeed in trimming
sail to suit the wind; If they cannot turn it,
they turn their mills, and set them 50, that
no matter how the wind blows, their grist is
sure to be ground
We should personate only ourselves it
is hard TO act part long, for when truth Ia
not at the bottom, nature viii always bo
endeavoring TO return and viii In the end
betray herself Men never affect TO be
what they are, but what they are not. A
writer says Swim smoothly in the stream
of thy nature, and live but one man. To
single hearts, doubling il DISTINGUISHING
such tempers must sweat to disaembIe. and
prove but hypOcritical hyp0crites. Their
stimulation must be short. Since sincerity
is thy temper, let vaTacity be thy virtue In
words, manners and actions.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-08

An eminent American lawyer, A0w
dead, no less eminent a one in brief
than Charles O'COn0r. once remarked
in the course Of a newspaper inter-
view, There is no injustics impossible
under the law, provided accident gives
the unjust man the sembIanrs OF OBJ
righteous cause, aud when he GETS hfB
action in before bus opponent
A great English barristsr who Vis-
tied this country some years ago Oh
served to bis neighbor nc the dinner
table, while discussing the eecsmtriGi-
ties OF che law, There's too much lmw
all the world over and nobgdy kBgwB
IL better than the lawyer himself
We're buried under decisions and pre-
cedents. We're tangled with tape iii
we cant move without being hanled
up short. If we're h0neHe anT EnmEgiH
our own trade that 5as as mugh WITT
or less seruples may with luek and Cir
cumssances IN his ag0r trick IN. IL
we're not honest -
We'll p ne was asked
We'll, said me, II hSFsn = trisd it
vet, but I've BEEN tennptnd co.,
His neighbor t1ld him whar Charles
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-08

The Judge says 'SThe girl who marrfes
for money often gets a fool thrown Inn. !" AL
ways. That's the only kind OF "a human
that cam be married flour money. -PEnsbmFT
DdspGtch.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-08

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
Weeds and Their Functions.

OF all the wastes whose myriad
mouths suck away the profits of agri-
culture, the waste of weeds is greatest.
Day and night they work, in sunshine
and in rain. stealing from the soil the
fertility which should have gone into
the production Of useful plants. And
yet it is through no framework that
the barred soil Immediately begins to
clothe itself with weeds. 1t is part of
that wonderful plan, complete and
perfect beyond all finite comprehen-
sion, in which nature. though profuse
to prodigality in her gifts, yet never
permits even so much rs hair to go
to waste.
In this infinite plan a leading func-
ton of that growth of vegetation
which we indiscriminately call weeds.
is to gather from the soil the products
of that process by which the nitrogen
of the soil is converted into substances
capable of assimilation by plants;
substances that are washed from the
soil by rains almost as soon as formed,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
A Sunny Room.

II you are fortunate enough to have
large windows in your house. do not
darken them with shutters or heavy
curtains until only struggling ray Of
sunlight can be seen. If bay windows
are too expensive, a very desirable
substitute can be had by placing two
ordinary-sized windows side by side,
with wide, capacious ledge at tho
bottom, for seats or for plants A room
with window like this can not fail 10
be CHEEKY, and its effect in simple
cottage house is quite sumptuous.
There is likewise in its favor the fact
that it is less exposed than the deep
bay window to outer heat and cold.
To sleep on unsunned beds in unsunned
chambers, and to work day after day
in unsunned rooms, is the unrepented
sin of half nation, vigorously affirms
prominent writer. Dwell in the sum
niest rooms your house affords; if you
have a northumberland apartment,
reserve it for the guest.chamber, which
is seldom used F'arm and Firesida
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

unless captured by the roots OF grow
ing vegetation, and whose formation
is confined to the growing season. On
all neglected soils the weeds ore con.
stantly securing these substances,
storing them in their tissues, where
they IRE preserved until future sea-
son, when, on the decay of the
weeds, they are slowly returned
to the soil again. In this way
the old fields, abandoned as worn
out Under the ignorant and careless
system of pioneer husbandry, were
found after a few years to have had
their youth renewed; whereas, but for
tile friendly cafe Of the weeds, their
fertility, rs formed each succeeding
season by the mysterious process
known only in the alchemy of the soil.
would have been washed away and
carried to the ocean and the land have
betomg veritable desert:
Sd thoroughly has nature thus pro-
yided against mans ignorance and
hcedlessncss that the complete eradi-
Cation of weeds from the soil is prac-
tically an impossibility. We may keep
a field in fallow year after year. de-
stroying every weed that appears
above the surface and permitting none
to go to seed, and yet, when
I'VE abandon our efforts the soil will be
completely covered again in two Oh
three seasons at most. This will be
effected partly by those weed seeds
which have the power of lying in the
soil for years without losing theil
terminating power-sueh as chess, to-
instance; partly by the provisions made
for scattering weed seeds by the wind
by birds, ett,, and partly by the grea
prolificness Of many kinds of weeds
which enables them to multiply witt
incredible rapiditv. But it is only il
a slovenly agriculture that weeds cal
be called a benefit. They sage wha
the needless farmer is losing; but thi:
saving might far better be effected b
Keeping the soil covered with usefu
plants -Fdrm and Fweside.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
QUALITIES OF CORK.
Tho Methods Employed in the Manufact
ure of COrks for Bottles.

Tho Methods Employed In the Manufact'
urs of Corks for Bottles.
The density of cork varies with it's
quality and age. Thin corks arc
usually heavier than those of the same
volume that have grown more rapidly,
and, in corks of the same class, the
density increases with the age. MI
Brisson gives 02+0 us an average maxi
imum, and the ordinary density of a
ten-year-old cork may be taken at OF.
With extreme lightness are associated
other valuable qualities; that of being
~ poor conductor of heat and sounds
impermeability to liquids; Imperfect
combustibility, and non-liability to do
cay, by reason of which it is susceptA
bic of very numerous applications
industry. The most important use
the substance is for bottle-corks. TN
bark which is intended to be used in
this form is kept in q damp cellar
When taken to the shop, it is cut BY
the first workman into strips, the
width of which corresponds with the
length of the future cork. A second
workman cuts these strips into
squares suited in size to its
diameter. The squares, strung, are
plunged into boiling water to make
them swell out. They are then stored
in cool place. and kept constantly
moist by sprinkling, till they pass inc
the hands of the cork-maker. He ap-
plies them in succession, giving them
u rotary motion, to the edge of q
wide bladed knife, drawing them ri
she same time slowly along its length
and by skillful manipulation trans
forms the square into round cork.
This is the method usually practical
in France. Workmen in other coui.
tries handle the knife in different mah
ners. 1t is essential, to obtain q COCO
and solid cork, to take care that iss
axis, as it is cut from the bark, y,
parallel with the axis of the tree or
which the bark grew; but the broad
flat corks have to be cut perpendict:-
lar to the axis of the tree. Only THE
finest corks are now made by hand
A good workman can turn out, in tl,,
method described, about one thousaLt
corks day. Popular Science Month
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
HERE AND THERE.

General Stahlman says in letter
to the West Tennessee Horticultural
Society: politicians could not run
henhouse. But doubtless they would
empty one if the door was unlocked
and the night dark.
1t is a poor agricultural fair from
which wide.awake farmer or farm
er's wife may not carry away some
useful and valuable lesson; but if your
fair is converted into beer garden
YOU may be sure it Is not worth going
to see.
"A farmer finds that pouring boil.
ing water over coal-gas tar and allow
ing it to settle and cool, is sure death
to potato bugs when the vines are
sprinkled with the fluid from an or.
binary waterproof A gallon of tar,
costing seventy-five cents, sutfices for
several acres
Some of the country people are
now hauling their winter supply of
coal. Very few Of them thought last
winter 10 lay in their summer supply
of water and have suffered according
ly.
Education means far more than
the acquisition of knowledge as reveal
ed by books; and the educational in
stitution that is tied down to the mar
row conceptions of the traditional
literary college is a curse rather than
a benefit to mankind. Yet books are
the key to knowledge.
Prof. N. s. Shaler, of the United
States Geological Survey, states that
salt marshes which have been re-
claimed from the sea will produce
good crops of oats several years be-
fore the vegetable matter in the soil
has been sufficiently decomposed and
the salt sufficiently washed out of il
for the production of general crops.
For noting down any practical
suggestions in the proper order Of
time the memorandum book, if reg.l-
larry used. will be found of great
value in future. Devote page tc
each week of time through the sea
son, note any blunders in practice Oh
any operations which have proved
practically successful. Omission.
properly filled will prevent similar
omissions next year.
t California takes the lead as tn,
greatest sheep breeding State in th'
: FUnion. The census statistics for 1888
3 shows grand total of 1881. 2S9 sheer
+ in all the States and Territories, Cali
, fornia's share being 4.152349. 0
nearly one-tenth. The next highes
State is Ohio. with 100000. Ney
! Mexico has 2,0SS 1872, and Michigan
2 iS9, $685. The Pacific States AM
, Territories stand credited as follows
, California, 4152.349; Oregon, 1883.
S 1862; Washington Territory. 291. 88a
; Nevada. 1872 sos; Idaho, 81 1926; Cole
G RADIO. 746 app Arizona, 1862; to,a
I6.512,3S0.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
ABOUT QUICKSILVER.
where This Valuable Mineral Is Found in
Large Quantities.

w mere InlS Saluhbe IS rOuuu iu
Large Quantities.
There are only four localities where
mercury or quicksilver is found in
abundance These are California,
Austria, Almaden in Spain, and Peru.
The mines in this latter place were
discovered in very curious manner.
Cinnabar, the soft and reddish rock OF
which mercury forms a part, when
ground very fine serves as beautiful
cd paint. The Indians used this to
adorn their bodies. This caused the
country where they were living to be
examined for cinnabar. The Romans
had used it fer hundreds of years in
the decoration of their images. 1t is
of great value now, in our times, and
we call it Yermillion. The other
part of the rock is composed
partly of sulphur. The cinnabar is
crushed and exposed to heat. In the
meantime, mercury in form OF vaPof
passes into a vessel framed for this
purpose, where it cools. After being
reduced to the liquid state it is pure,
and is in condition 20 use. In this
form it is used largely to separate the
metal from the rocks to which they adj
here. The rock having been well crushed
the material is passed through screen,
and Is washed to obtain all the gold
and silver possible. Quicksilver is
then placed in it, which appears to be
absorbed at once. and as it takes III
or moves with the metal in the ore thi:
metal is separated from the sand oil
crushed rock. If gold is the metal to bq
amalgamated, yellowish-whito amal'
gam will be found. This is heated ii
retorts, and the mercury or quicksilver
disappears, leaving the gold. Although
mercury is so useful in many ways. i
is also poisonous, its vapor being dan
gerous TO inhale. 1t is not many year:
since the mines in Austria took fire
poisoning thirteen hundred laborers
many of whom eventually died. Evel
the water used to extinguish the flames
and which passed into river shor
distance from the mines, killed tn
fish The mercury is transported Il
some countries in sacks made o
dressed sheepskins, but is mainly car
ried in cast-iron Hasks.-Mechanic q
World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
How ManY2

Wonder how many farmers will quit
raising corn because the crop is short
this season? How many are declaring
the poultry business" is failure on
account of poor success in the start?
Every thing and every body have their
ups and downs and poultry, for the
season just closing, has had rough
time. This is no reason why the bust.
ness should be denounced for the
chances are that another spring will
brighten up the whole farming world.
farmers Home Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
SHEEP ON THE FARM.
The Benefit They Bring to the Land On
Which They Craze.

The Benefit They Bring to the Land on
Which They Craze.
One most important feature of rails
ing sheep is the benefit they bring TO
the land on which they Craze. While
in grain farming the fertility is bel 3
carried off the farm each year,
raising stock the opposite is the case,
the land growing richer year by year.
and of all kinds of stock there are
none better than sheep in this respect.
1t has been proved that sheep hus-
bandry, properly carried on, will
maintain the fertility of the soil in
definitely. If the manure is all saved.
rs it should be, and properly APP
piled, the loss by fertilizing mat
ter, carried off in the wool
and mutton sold, will be so small that
it will not be noticeable, and the pro-
duetive power of the soil will be kept
mp. There are other advantages in
favor of keeping sheep, too. among
these the fact that the income from
the flock comes in twice a year-from
the sheep and lambs sold in the early
spring and the wool ut later period.
The returns from a flock, if only Iof
moderate size, will be found very DIP
perfume to the farmer, coming, as thby
do, ut time when he often needs
ready money. Sheep are specially
valuable, too. as cleaners, gathering
their living in great measuro from
what other kinds of stock will not
at.-Na,iond Ltue- Stock Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
A Son Fr,ncisco nsws,aner 81

"A San Francisco newspaper says
that Il pet chipmunk in that city hurt
its foot so that the flesh dropped off
and left the bones exposed. There
upon the little fellow bit off or ampu-
tated the foot at what would CORE
spond to the wrist joint. In the course
of few days the bone still remained
uncovered because no provision had
been made for flap of the flesh to
cover it. Tie chipmunk then, with his
nose, turned back the flesh and bit off
n piece of bone above the end of the
flesh so that it projected beyond the
bone. In two weeks it had healed up
and the result is perfect stump.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
4 prom,n.n, Merchant in Trouble.

Ga moneybags mopss in his once all day, a
AZ snappish and cross as bear;
The clerks know enough to keep out q ms May,
Lest the merchant should grumble and swear
Even Tabbya the cat Is in fear OF o Gun,
Or kick, II she ventures too near;
They all know the master is apt to be roughi
And his treakS unexpected and queer.
What makes the old fellow 80 surly and grim,
And behave so confoundedy meanI
2hersa certainly something tho matter Win nlm--
:. IL It stomach, or liver, or spleen3
We've guessed this liver is sluggish ana pad'
His blood is disordered and foul.
It's enough to make any one hopeessly MAD;
And greet his best friend with Rr0wl.
The worldwide remedy; pr: Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, will correct q
disordered liver and purify the blood, tone
your system and build up your flesh and
strength:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

TO the man or woman who has never
been i'll, the word sheath" is meaning,
less. But to the one who has suffered and
despaired, health appears as a priceless
boon, To the thousands of unfortunate
women, who are suffering from some OF
the many forms of weaknesses or lrregu-
Fayorite p PRESCRIPTION holds forth the
promise Of speedy restoration OF this
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
i Haze Freiehted with Venom

NAV be seen rising from marshy regions,
the Of which Is snag Gy the
f i corners soon find out: For
those who breath the aerial poison there is
only one medical protector, viz: Hostetter,s
Stomach Bitters, famed in many lands
where malaria prevails, and known through
out the length and breadth Of this as a con-
oueror of chills and fever, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, constipation, kidney and bladder
ailments, and rheumatism.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land by
the thousands after having been emptied by
suffering humanity. What mass of sick
ening, disgusting medicine the poor stomach
has to contend with. Too much strong medi-
cine Prickly Ash Bitters is rapidly and
surely taking the place of all this class of
drugs, and in curing all the ills arising from
disordered condition of the liver, kidneys,
stomach and bowels.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

A Mechanicsburg (Pa.) boy Of
fourteen shot wooden box two and a
half inches square of the top of his
brothers head at Il distance of twenty
i've feet, using Flobert air-rile.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

Don't you see, Sister Jones. de
cause OBJ dis 'dustrial depression AIM
dat dere is too much money in bull u
iugs and derc amt huff in circulation
and deere am too many people in q r.
cula ion and deere amt huff money!
LJs
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

FAIR Fashlonables patronize that stand
ard beautifier, Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 5oc. Inc Dest'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

r. W. TANstLn Il Co., Chicago! !,
NV retail sales of your sTansilps Punch n, "
scent cigar for last year (1Ss2) were 1ssoOo:
This year expect to sell at least 25O,OO0 OF
this Justly popular brand.
CHAs. s. PRowlTT, Druggist,
Denver Col
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

No, you may not understand why asaw log
IA like crank but if you look close you Will
see that they are both of their base-Oaf'4tA
Pdra0rapher.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

AFTER a cyclone every body feels hlsv
and discouraged
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

VIII ia an unsteady man like an unsteady
lighti Because he is apt to 60 out n1ghts =
~ Y; Iedger
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

A MAN will run after dollar, while dog
will follow scent-Ontario Free Press.